Ministry of Culture
Delhi to host Grand Finale of Vande Bharatam, Nritya Utsav on 19th December
73 groups comprising 949 dancers from 4 zones to vie for top honors
Delhi will host the Grand Finale of All India Vande Bharatam, Nritya Utsav at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Auditorium on 19th December. 73 groups comprising 949 dancers from 4 zones have made it to the Grand Finale. The dancers will vie for the top honors at the final and the winners will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to display their talent at the Republic Day Parade which is watched not only in India, but across the globe.
The Grand Finale will be attended by Minister of State for Ministry of Culture and External Affairs, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi; Minister of State for Defence and Tourism Shri Ajay Bhatt; renowned actress-singer-dancer Ila Arun, Shovana Narayan, Shibani Kashyap and Sonal Mansingh along with numerous other personalities from the field of performing arts and culture. Rani Khanam and her troupe shall be presenting a specially choreographed performance titled Vande Bharatam and the legendary Tanusree Shankar and her troupe will be the Star Performer for the day.
Vande Bharatam is a unique initiative of the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Culture being organized as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate 75 years of independence of India. The prime objective of this competition is to select the top dancing talent from across the country and provide them the opportunity to perform during the Republic Day Parade 2022.
Over 2,400 participants from 200 plus teams were short-listed for the zonal level competition. The zonal finals took place at Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Delhi from 9th to 12th of December where 104 groups displayed their dance prowess before an august jury and applauding fans. Participating groups performed specially choreographed acts in various dance categories like classical, folk, tribal, and fusion. One experienced rich display of talent from across India. There was enthusiastic participation from all sections of the society across categories.
Of these 104 groups,73 groups comprising 949 dancers from all 4 zones have made it to the Grand Finale, which will be held in Delhi at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Auditorium on 19th of December. Here the dancers will vie for the grand honor and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to display their talent at the Republic Day Parade which is watched not only in India, but across the globe.
Top 480 dancers will be declared as winners from the Grand Finale and they will get the golden opportunity to perform on the Republic Day Parade to be held at Rajpath, New Delhi on 26th January 2022.
The Vande Bharatam competition began at the district level on November 17 and saw the participation of more than 3,870 contestants in 323 groups. Those who cleared the screening at the district level took part in the state-level competition from November 30, 2021. More than 20 virtual events were conducted for the state-level competition over a span of 5 days till 4th December 2021.
Over 300 groups were selected for the state-level comprising over 3,000 dancers/participants. Thus, for one month, the event allowed all aspirants to showcase their talent to win a slot at the National level.
The Grand Finale competition can be seen LIVE on the official Facebook page & YouTube channel of Vande Bharatam along with the website  and mobile application.